Code Name by Natasza Waters

Author:Natasza Waters
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Navy SEAL romance, Navy, Intrigue, romantic suspense, thriller
Publisher: Waterfall Press
Published: 2018-04-27T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

SARAH DRUMMED HER CLEAR-polished fingernails on the government issued maple desktop. With the door to her office open, she had a clear view of Sloane’s empty work area. Yesterday, she’d been whisked away by the CIA’s men in black, compliments of one nasty looking general, not to mention the Navy’s stamp of approval. Sarah considered notifying Admiral Austen. Sloane lived by herself in a condo near The Landing. Had she been allowed to call anyone before disappearing into a non-descript black SUV and out the gates of N.A.B Coronado? Would her parents worry if she didn’t call daily? Continuing to drum her nails on the hard surface, Sarah knew one thing for sure. Her brightest and no-nonsense administrations seaman was MIA since thirteen hundred hours July sixth.

Sliding a gaze toward the armadillo, so named because of its grey hard shell and enough buttons to cover the exterior like a thick coating of scales, Sarah’s phone could complete every communication task known to mankind from transferring to conference calls to dial-backs. She lifted the receiver with one single purpose: to call the number listed as Sloane’s emergency contact highlighted in yellow on her monitor.

Last night over a pitcher of Sangria and a heaping plate of nachos, she described to her husband what happened on the Grinder. She explained how they’d been called to muster but little information was shared by the brass at the time, except that it was an exercise and required the men to choose a woman to be their partner.

During the process, she had positioned herself in the front line and four spots to the left of Sloane. A SEAL known as Rodeo, had come sniffing around Sarah after Lieutenant Stone chased him away from Sloane. When Rodeo, a handsome looking guy by most women’s standards, stood front and center, Sarah deliberated his brow raise, seemingly giving her the option to refuse him. She did, on the premise that she was happily married and the exercise seemed like the candidates were being picked to fill the Arc. She had barely shaken her head, but Rodeo got the gist and moved on to choose a woman from the IT department who’d helped them last month when the link to the pay system went down.

Through dinner, Jake listened thoughtfully and agreed the way they’d enlisted the exercise candidates seemed odd. Being the sensible thinking kind of guy he was, he’d allayed Sarah’s fears.

For about an hour.

She tossed and turned in her sleep all night finally giving up at three a.m. and stared out the bedroom window at the streetlight in her comfortable and safe neighborhood. Was Sloane safe?

Sarah shed another glance around the Admin office. Her staff conducted their daily routines. Hesitancy led to clarity and Sarah dialed her husband.

“What’s up, sweets?” her husband, Jake, answered after one ring.

Without a howdy-do, she said, “Sloane’s not back yet. I thought this exercise might turn out to be a few hours, maybe overnight at most.”

“I wouldn’t worry, Sarah. Your minion should be back soon.

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